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• pall-mall
  pall-mall

  noun

  a game, popular in the 17th century, in which a ball of boxwood was struck with a mallet in an attempt to drive it through a raised iron ring at the end of a playing alley.
• Pall Mall
  Pall Mall

  noun

  a street in London, England, famed for its clubs.

pall-mall

¹ American  

[pel-mel, pal-mal, pawl-mawl] / ˈpɛlˈmɛl, ˈpælˈmæl, ˈpɔlˈmɔl /

noun

1. a game, popular in the 17th century, in which a ball of boxwood was struck with a mallet in an attempt to drive it through a raised iron ring at the end of a playing alley.

2. a playing alley on which this game was played.

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Pall Mall ² American  

[pal mal, pel mel] / ˈpæl ˈmæl, ˈpɛl ˈmɛl /

noun

1. a street in London, England, famed for its clubs.

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pall-mall ¹ British  

/ ˈpælˈmæl /

noun

1. a game in which a ball is driven by a mallet along an alley and through an iron ring

2. the alley itself

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Pall Mall ² British  

/ ˈpæl ˈmæl /

noun

1. a street in central London, noted for its many clubs

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Etymology

Origin of pall-mall

1560–70; < Middle French pallemaille < Italian pallamaglio, equivalent to palla ball (< Langobardic ) + maglio mallet (< Latin malleus ). See ball ¹, mall, mell ²

Example Sentences

Prev. pub. abroad in Pall mall magazine, May-Sept.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1954 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office